Seems to me that “Fake News” is any story that the MSM does not like.
However the greatest definition of fake news was the lies and deception Americans received on a daily basis by the MSM that Hillary was leading in the polls and was going to win.
Is Pizza Gate fake news? I would tend to disbelieve Pizza Gate. But seeing how much time and energy the MSM spends in denying it leads me to believe it must be true.
You put your finger on what makes me follow the pizzagate stories: the hysteria about it from the media.
No, pizzagate is a tinfoil hat conspiracy theory, by people that claim to have first found coded messages in Podesta's email. From there, it's become a self-fulfilling prophecy to find an ulterior meaning in anything tangentially related.
It's like a virus, spread by the mentally ill. They are sucking in otherwise rational and intelligent people, who throw their critical thinking ability out the window and accuse anyone that questions them as "defending the indefensible".
But seeing how much time and energy the MSM spends in denying it leads me to believe it must be true.
Normally, stuff like this is dismissed out of hand, and there would be no need to "deny" it. But it's become a real problem for the people and businesses that are alleged to be involved.
The guy that walked into the pizza shop with a gun to "investigate" wasn't the first person to do so. He was just the first person to show up while visibly carrying a gun. He is probably going to spend some time in jail, although the judge will hopefully order a psychiatric evaluation and treatment.
I'm really hoping that some of the people that believe in "pizzagate" will take the time for some self-examination, and ask how they are really different from him.